Are the japanese Jackson guitars discontinued in Europe?

[CowboyFromHell]

Dude, I live in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and business IS pretty much back to usual here. The economies of Fukushima, Iwate, and Tochigi are suffering due to nobody wanting to buy produce (vegetables, chicken, etc.) from those prefectures, but as was stated earlier in the thread, I think that it's the downturn in the global economy after Lehman Brothers went down and the yen being so (over)valued against other currencies that caused Chushin Gakki to go bankrupt.

Besides, there was a thread here soon after the earthquake about how the Japanese factory would be affected by the power outages/radiation. I called Chushin Gakki a few weeks after the earthquake, they said that there was no halt in production at that point in time, and I posted their answer in the thread.

As far as the country being out of power, here's a graph that shows amount of electricity used vs. electricity produced, updated periodically:

http://www.tepco.co.jp/forecast/index-j.html

It's showing consumption at 88% production as I type this.

Thank you and I stand corrected.

[Predator1]

Well at this point I guess it is buy them while you can still get them. The future will be limited to the following three options.
1) Buy new from the Custom Shop.
2) Buy used
3) Buy new manufactured in third world countries.

The future of Charvel guitars is looking grim or expensive depending on your budget.

[Axegrinder87]

So, move the Chushin Gakki employees to Fender Japan? Just like they did with the USA line.

[QuantumRider]

Reports I read stated that over half of the country was without power and sorry but radiation doesn't just linger over one area, it spreads. Yes I understand that people are trying to get on with their lives there but it is by no means "business as usual".

Dude, I live in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and business IS pretty much back to usual here. The economies of Fukushima, Iwate, and Tochigi are suffering due to nobody wanting to buy produce (vegetables, chicken, etc.) from those prefectures, but as was stated earlier in the thread, I think that it's the downturn in the global economy after Lehman Brothers went down and the yen being so (over)valued against other currencies that caused Chushin Gakki to go bankrupt.

Besides, there was a thread here soon after the earthquake about how the Japanese factory would be affected by the power outages/radiation. I called Chushin Gakki a few weeks after the earthquake, they said that there was no halt in production at that point in time, and I posted their answer in the thread.

As far as the country being out of power, here's a graph that shows amount of electricity used vs. electricity produced, updated periodically:

http://www.tepco.co.jp/forecast/index-j.html

It's showing consumption at 88% production as I type this.

[CowboyFromHell]

Yes but there wasn't leak from a nuclear facility in NY. Guess what news you get varies from site to site and honestly only Jackson and it's contractors truly know the reason so far.

[Nightbat]

Reports I read stated that over half of the country was without power and sorry but radiation doesn't just linger over one area, it spreads. Yes I understand that people are trying to get on with their lives there but it is by no means "business as usual".

I believe indeed the northern part of japan still is without power and the radiation didn't even reach threatening values in tokyo

http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/incident/road_to_recovery.html

Looking at another disaster on a smaller scale, wallstreet NYSE reopened just 1 week after 9/11 while the financial district was in ruins "Business as usual"

[CowboyFromHell]

Reports I read stated that over half of the country was without power and sorry but radiation doesn't just linger over one area, it spreads. Yes I understand that people are trying to get on with their lives there but it is by no means "business as usual".

[Nightbat]

Yeah, you're right, guess it couldn't possibly have anything to do with the radiation leaks and massive power outages in Japan.

You're guessing that life in Japan ground to a halt and everyone is glowing in the dark over there
Apart from the radiated area in Fukushima and the lack of power in the north of japan, life is going it's busines as usual over there
it already did days after the earthquake/tsunami, don't think it hasn't improved 9 months later

[Rich#6]

From what i've heard, it's not clear if the whole elite series is a limited run or only several with "exclusive" colorschemes are limited.

What ever it was intented to be with the factory closing it's limited right?

[StealthPro]

if you read the thread on the elite series that was the last thing to leave the factory. mmmk

From what i've heard, it's not clear if the whole elite series is a limited run or only several with "exclusive" colorschemes are limited.

[Rich#6]

Hmm i've seen some of the elite guitars and they are made in Japan, but ok, i think there were none of the Pro-and MG-series.

if you read the thread on the elite series that was the last thing to leave the factory. mmmk

[StealthPro]

If you look at the NAMM pictures there are no promods. Same with the Jackson Japanese models, none.

Hmm i've seen some of the elite guitars and they are made in Japan, but ok, i think there were none of the Pro-and MG-series.

[Rich#6]

Have Charvel said that the promod line is limited now?

the new flame promod that usually is called the wild card, bionic has said it has limited numbers. If you look at the NAMM pictures there are no promods. Same with the Jackson Japanese models, none.

[Predator1]

So when is JCMI going to go public with this pending doom of affordable high quality guitars? The Chinese Charvels are decent but are no where near the quality of the Japanese models.

[SimonEriksson]

Now we know why the new promod is in limited numbers and isn't being called the next wild card.

Have Charvel said that the promod line is limited now?